Well folks, I'm back in California and the basil is doing well. The tomatoes had all gone to bud, so I spent a few minutes gently picking them off and kindly informing the plants that now is not the time for succulent, mouth-watering tomatoes. Now is the time to grow big and strong, so that when August comes there will be many, many juicy tomatoes.

I let the little Jalepeno pepper plant bloom, though, and now little peppers are forming at the base of the buds. They are only about half an inch long right now, but they should grow to five or six times that.